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Background photo is of San Diego, Calif. Harbor. This view was taken within a day or two of the twin flag-raisings. The sentry who is standing post has a breathtaking view of the invasion beaches. Note that the guylines remain and that a cairn has been built up at the base of the flagpole to provide extra support. Official USMC Photo Iwo 11-19 Marines crowd around to witness that rarest of sights, a captured Japanese as he is being led from his hiding place atop Suribachi on D+5. Official USMC Photo Iwo 11-29 At least five Marine rocket trucks each let loose a salvo of 24 4.5-inch rockets to support the Marine advance. Official USMC Photo Iwo 12-52 Here, 3d Medical Battalion doctors, corpsmen, and medical service personnel man a busy front-line casualty clearing station in a concrete personnel shelter beside Airfield No. 1. Official USMC Photo Iwo 12-81 In this breathtaking view, a Company E, 2/9, flamethrower assaultman leaps from cover to cross open ground on his way to a pillbox that is holding up his unit’s advance. Official USMC Photo Iwo 14-26 A company of the 27th Marines climbs a secure section of Hill 362-A’s southern slope. Official USMC Photo Iwo 14-62 Survivors pose with a trophy. The real trophy is the breath in their lungs. Official USMC Photo Iwo 15-93 By war’s end, the runways at Iwo had been completely hardtopped, and hardstands had been built for aircraft dispersal. By then, Marianas-based B-24 and B-29 groups shuttling to and from Japan had been routinely staging through Iwo for several months. Official Signal Corps Photo Iwo 16-11 Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific by Eric Hammel.
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